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Show GET-RICH-QUICK GAME. (From World'fa Work.) The officer of the Unjted StntcB government gov-ernment who managed tho recent raids on get-rlck-qulck concerns has estimated esti-mated that $100,000,000 a vear Irf stolen stol-en from tho people by their mothods. Most people seem to be surprised by the B.ze of Ui0 figure. They think that it Is too big It is not II Is far too 'mall If ono could add together the i Illegal promotions and criminally care-1 IcNi or ignorant campaigns In worth ) less bonds and stockB Insurance companies, com-panies, real estate certificates, o'c . durlug tho last year 1 aui certain tlm It would treblo tho government's fig ii ro First, one may ask, why lias tho United Uni-ted Slates government allowed these swindles lo go on, year after year, and only moved nt last, after 5500,000,000 has been btolcu? |